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The Professionals, a Debut Thriller Novel

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The Deepening Recommended Novel iconby Owen Laukkanen

How can you argue about a thriller that one of the best thriller novelists, a Pulitzer prize winner, tells you is good? Especially if, like me, you love good thrillers. The best thing is, readers and reviewers agree. The Professionals is GOOD! –D. L. Keur, The Deepening World of Books

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ABOUT THIS DEBUT THRILLER NOVEL

cover, The Professionals, a debut thriller novel by Owen LaukkanenFour friends, recent college graduates, caught in a terrible job market, joke about turning to kidnapping to survive. And then, suddenly, it’s no joke. For two years, the strategy they devise-quick, efficient, low risk-works like a charm. Until they kidnap the wrong man.

Now two groups they’ve very much wanted to avoid are after them-the law, in the form of veteran state investigator Kirk Stevens and hotshot young FBI agent Carla Windermere, and an organized-crime outfit looking for payback. As they all crisscross the country in deadly pursuit and a series of increasingly explosive confrontations, each of them is ultimately forced to recognize the truth: The true professionals, cop or criminal, are those who are willing to sacrifice . . . everything.

A finger-burning page-turner, filled with twists, surprises, and memorably complex characters, The Professionals marks the arrival of a remarkable new writer.

  • Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  • Hardcover: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Putnam Adult (March 29, 2012)
  • Language: English

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Owen Laukkanen’s debut thriller, The Professionals, published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons on March 29, 2012, gets rave reviews. An alumnus of the University of British Columbia’s Creative Writing BFA program, Laukkanen spent three years in the world of professional poker, traveling to high-stakes tournaments across the globe as a writer for www.PokerListings.com. A commercial fisherman when he’s not writing, Laukkanen divides his time between Vancouver and Prince Edward Island, Canada. You can find him on the Net at www.owenlaukkanen.com.

Racing the Devil, a Debut Novel

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TD Recommended Novel iconby Jaden Terrell

With awesome reviews from all sources, this is a must-read for any serious fan of police procedurals and crime novels. With reviewers saying things like, “Written in spare, note-perfect prose, with a knockout plot and characters who don’t go away when you close the cover, this is a terrific book.”, it’s definitely on my “read” list. –D. L. Keur, The Deepening World of Books

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Racing the Devil, novel coverABOUT THIS NEW NOVEL

Nashville private investigator Jared McKean has a son with Down’s Syndrome, a best friend with AIDS, an ex-wife he can’t seem to fall out of love with, and a weakness for women in jeopardy – until one frames him for murder.

His DNA and fingerprints are found at the murder scene. His voice is on the victim’s answering machine, and the victim was killed with a bullet from his gun. To make matters worse, his teen-aged nephew comes out of the closet and runs away to join a dangerous fringe of the Goth subculture.

Now Jared must find a way to clear his name, hold his family together, and solve a case that could cost him his life.

  • Hardcover: 288 pages
  • Publisher: The Permanent Press (January 9, 2012)
  • Language: English

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jaden Terrell is a member of Mystery Writers of America, Private Eye Writers of America, International Thriller Writers, and the Tennessee Writers Alliance. The former special education teacher is the Executive Director of the Killer Nashville Crime Literature Conference and a SEMWA Magnolia award winner. A graduate of the Citizen Police Academy and the FBI/TBI Citizen Academy, Terrell has a red belt in Tae Kwon Do and is certified in Equine Sports Massage Therapy.

Cell 8, a New Novel

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TD Recommended Novel iconby Anders Roslund and Borge Hellstrom

Reviews heap high praise on these authors works that explore real questions of morality and ethics using true life experiences to flesh explosive fiction. –D. L. Keur, The Deepening World of Books

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novel cover for Cell 8, a new novel from Anders Roslund & Borge HellstromABOUT THIS NOVEL

From The New York Times bestselling authors of Three Seconds:

Detective Superintendent Ewert Grens of Three Seconds returns in a riveting mystery that centers on perhaps the most controversial subject in the modern criminal justice system: the death penalty.

In Ohio, seventeen-year-old John Meyer Frey rots on Death Row for the brutal murder of his girlfriend. The victim’s father hungers for revenge, while a prison guard is torn by compassion for the young man. When Frey unexpectedly dies of heart disease before he either receives his just punishment or achieves redemption, the wheels of justice grind to a halt.

Six years later, on a ferry between Finland and Sweden, a singer named John Schwarz viciously attacks a drunken lout harassing a woman, leaving the man in a coma. The Stockholm police arrest Schwarz for aggravated assault, but when Grens learns that the assailant has been living in Sweden under a false identity, he begins to suspect that something darker and more complex underlies the incident. Following his intuition, Grens launches an investigation that spans from Sweden to the United States and reveals a startling connection between the Frey and Schwarz cases.

Featuring a multilayered plot with a killer twist, Cell 8 takes readers on a gripping, page-turning journey that explores the devastating repercussions of the death penalty as well as the fallout from the conflicting desires for public justice and private retribution.

  • Hardcover: 376 pages
  • Publisher: SilverOak (January 3, 2012)
  • Language: English

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Award-winning journalist Anders Roslund and ex-criminal Börge Hellström are Sweden’s most acclaimed crime fiction duo. Their unique ability to combine inside knowledge of the brutal reality of criminal life with penetrating social criticism in complex, intelligent plots has put them at the forefront of modern Scandinavian crime writing. In 2009, their book Three Seconds was awarded the Swedish Academy of Crime Writers’ Award for Swedish Crime Novel of the Year, previously won by both Stieg Larsson and Henning Mankell, became a top-10 bestseller in Sweden for eight months, and hit The New York Times bestseller list in the United States.